Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-28
AT THE HOSPITAL.

Annual Meeting of the General Hsspi-
tai SoeIety-RePOrts Presented-F1-
nances I'm a BETTER Condition Than
Last Year-Increase In Number OF
Patients-EIectfon of Onacers.
At the hospital yesterday afternoon occur
red the sixtieth annual meeting of the Gene
raj Hospital society of Connecticut. The
first report was by the prudential committee,
which afterward became the directors report.
The report says that the daily average of pa
tients during the year was 1875 and the total
number under treatment was S97 New pa
TENTS to the number of 1856 were admitted
and they came from SO towns and villages in
this State. The average length Of their stay
in the hospital was 6.6 weeks.
The number at the hospital the past year
under tire atment has been the largest in any
one year since 1876, when the change in the
admission of soldier patients was established.
During the past year the eAcess of expend-
itures over earnings was SO, gil. 30 and for
the year before it was So, 1927. The aver
age pay per week for patients is S. 81 and
the average daily cost of the food was :2S4
per inmate. The year before it was $.2Ss5.
The reduction in expenses took place mainly
during the last half of the year. For the
first SIX months the expenses incident to the
removal of the superintendent to the house
built for his use had to be met. During the
last six months reduction In the working
force was made.
Rigid economy was practiced in the kitch-
en- and elsewhere until the last quarter shows
an actual reduction of expenses to nearly
5000 below current receipts-the first time
in the knowledge of any of the present man.
agement that such a result has been OBJ
tanned.
The hospital gains on some kinds of pa
tients while it loses on others. On the ma
rine patients during the past year the gain
was S16 SO; and on the private room patients
the gain was $957.17 The loss on the pay
ing patients in wards was $S36.47; on the
State soldier patients ST, 5oS. % and on the
town patients So, 879.
From this it is seen that the State is
debtor to the hospital of nearly 81 500 for
the care of the soldier patients. There is no
Justice in the tax remaining upon the hos
pital and the charitable people of New Haven
when the law which assumes to care tor them
expressly states that the expense
shall be betrayed by the State.
Owing to the exertions of the last chair
man of the prudential committee, the rate
paid by the State for the care of its soldier
| patients was raised from $50 to Sc a week,
| taking effect April 1. This has brought an
increase in the receipts of 1865, though the
| hospital still loses 80 1-2 cents per week
apiece on this class of patients. The only
| patients from whom the hospital de,
| rives any net peeuniary profit
are the United States marine pa
tients, who pay 81 per week, and self
| paying patients occupying private rooms,
| who pay about $12 per week. All others are
| taken at an actual loss to the hospital. The
cost of the charity patients admitted during
| the year was $517.50.
| The State appropriation for town patients
| of Ga. 900 is given ostensibly to cover the
conceded loss in caring for this class, but il
fails to do so the past year by nearly 81, 900
| and the year before it was over 81 500. The
| ACCESSIBILITY of increasing the rate Is worthy
| of consideration.
| The treasurer informally states that pei
| cent is about the average interest on invest,
| ed funds.
| The weekly income from each full free bed
is therefore $3.50. When free bed is oceu.
pied, costing this year $500 per week, the
hospital therefore loses about $2.12 in every
| week SO occupied. This year by the above
estimate the whole free bed fund earned So,
6S7 So but these beds were occupied to the
amount at cost of $2,263. 4S. So that thu
actual profit to the hospital on funds repre-
senting S57, 900 was but $424.02.
The directors think it should be considered
whether from financial point of view il
would not be well to raise the amount fol
the endowment of free bed in the future
During the past year free beds have bee1
established by funds from the estate of thu
late w. o. Armstrong; from Mrs. Silas K
Burroughs in memory of her mother and tt
be known as the Mary Webster Trowbridge
bed, and from funds raised by Dwight Place
and Trinity churches.
| The board of visitors rendered their report
They have taken much active interest in the
hospital. The cooking apparatus was MOI
found to be adequate nor of the most suita
BILE description, so the board assumed thu
1 - - -, to ahoon az n
have deposited $500 with the treasure
for that purpose, and the utensil
have been ordered. Over $1,000 has bee
subscribed for new machinery in the laun
dry, thereby doing away with the hard Ia
boz and also reducing the expense in tina
! department. The ventilating apparatus l
, | also great advantage and has been goo
| guard against infectious diseases, formerl
not very infrequent.
The treasurer's report was read by Leonar
, S. Hotchkiss. 1t showed that the receipts fo
the past year amounted to $63, 495 SO and th
, expenditures 500, 091.93.
The board of lady visitors also rendered
report.
The following directors to serve for thre
; years were elected: Francis Bacon, S.
Baldwin, H g. Lewis, G. A. Lindsey, E.
Atwater, w. L. Bradley, w. B. Fem and
E. Beckwith. Three extra ones were ais
elected: F. L. Dibhla, to serve for thrt
years; Eli Whitney, jr. for two years; DR..
{ Fl. Bishop, for one year.
, The directors will meet tonight in tt
rooms of the board Of health and select the
officers.
The citizens and Grays' ball is to be give
| next month for the benefit of the hospit
| and it is hoped the citizens of New Have
will respond literally to help the fund of Il
: hospital,
Remarkable Cure.